Web browsing on the Palm Pre

Pt. 12 of 12 | 4:29 |

Palm Pre Basics

Friday October 2, 2009

Jay Goldman demonstrates

how to use the browser on the Palm Pre

in this, the last installment of our

video tutorial series on the Palm Pre

. A solid web browser is make or break for a smartphone, and the

Palm Pre

doesn't disappoint with its

WebKit-based mobile browser

that's capable of rendering full HTML pages.

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Show Notes

- Find the browser in the launcher under Web.

- The homescreen of the browser shows recent and favorite sites.

-

The Palm Pre's

browser is based on WebKit and so should work with the majority of web standards compliant sites.

- When browsing, the address bar is hidden. Scroll the screen down to access the address bar.

- Tap the bar to enter manual URL entry.

- Type either a full URL or a search term into the address bar.

- Use the gesture bar to navigate forward and back between pages.

- The

Palm Pre browser doesn't support Flash

.

- Tap the top-right menu to add a bookmark, open a page as a new card, share or add to launcher.

- The accelerometer in the Palm Pre allows for viewing in landscape mode. However, landscape mode makes text entry awkward.

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